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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1985)
& I Page 2 c } M arch 15,1985 Life line unit proven beneficial certain it is working correctly. She should like to see the units she is always in danger. A lthough the unit does p ro 1 She also mentions she would activated when an abrupt move A lready activated twice, the lifeline unit worn by Ellen Heath vide a sense of security when like a modified Version of the m ent is made such as falling. has proved beneficial. The sig Ellen is alone, she says the unit neck unit allow ing a m ore com Now, the unit iS activated only nal unit w orn around her neck around her neck makes her feel fortable necklace. Ellen adds when the button is pushed. enabled Ellen to notify M oun tain View H ospital of her need for assistance. Recently introduced in this area the Lifeline system pro vides a way for elders who often choose to live by themselves to have a sense of security. • A receiver located at Mt/View H ospital in M adras receives the signal activated by the neck sig nal unit through a private tele phone line. The subscriber’s ser vice unit num ber is flashed on the hospital m onitor, his card pulled and a hospital attendant calls a listed responder to check on the client. W hen the responder reaches the subscriber’s hom e he Will push a reset butto n on the tele phone unit inform ing the hospi tal th a t h e has arrived . The hos pital im m ediately calls the sub scriber’s residence. A dditional assistance is dispatched if there is no answer indicating the re sponder is busy with the client. X . .. The Lifeline hom e unit is Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shtw ctyk checked once a m onth to make A lifeline signal unit worn around Ellen H eath ’s neck can activate an electronic receiver which in turn alerts M ountain View H ospital attendants in case o f an emergency. U.S./Canada treaty ratified — If not looked at as a package the tribes involved would not sup port it: The im portance of protecting and rebuilding the salm on re source and the need for this treaty was summ ed in testim ony submitted by Delbert Frank, Continued from page 1 Sr. on behalf of the Confeder ated Tribes of W arm Springs. P rior to th e bills ratific ato n in the Senate, “To this day, our culture an d religion rev o lv e. around salm on, especially th e . Chinook salmon. F or our 1855 T reaty and our way of life to have meaning, we m ust have salm on.” - The treaty, which was first introduced to Congress Ja n u ary 16, 1985 will be signed w Canadian Prim e M inister Brian M ulroney and President Rea gan in Quebec City M arch 17. Culture to be added to curriculum A co m m ittee m ade up of Teachers and com m unity repre sentatives nave begun meeting toP ev elop a p r o g ra m o fa c tiv i- ties to teach Indian Cultural Awareness to students a t W arm Springs Elementary School. The first meeting was a productive one. The end result of the work o f this com m ittee will be to develop a package of activities to be used by the classroom teacher with assistance from com munity resource people. Each grade level’s activities will be planned to build oh the activi ties which, will be presented a t; the previous grade levels. This buildingproject will com plim ent the work that is pres ently being done at the district leveldevloping a M ulti-Cultural Awareness Guide fo r teachers. The activitiesdeveloped will later be incorporated into the outline of activity topics developed for th e D is tr ic t M u lti- C u ltu r a l A w a re n e s s C u rric u lu m . The next step will be to develop the list of activities th a t might be included in the program . Y our assistance in this would be greatly appreciated. If vou have On March 19, 19/b, Spilyay newspaper. After everything was all set, the staff was hired, with the first office located in a very small room on thè northeast corner of the building of th è old girl’s dorm . The first thing to do was to narne the paper, so an an- The solicitor’s office advised W arm Springs superintenderit Bernie T opash recently th a t thé recent land cîàiiris judgm ent monies can not arid will not be released from m inor’s accounts until they turn 18 years of agè. Topash stated that he has had nouncement Was put in the week ly newsletter o f a name contesr for the newspaper. We d id n ’t get any response, perhaps, be- cause the first prize was not a trip to Ha w aiter Something like that. Well, anyway, there had to be a name o f som e kind, the staff thought it should be some thing unique, with an Indian name and all. So they form ed a com mittee to look into the possibility of * * * ★ ♦ Spilyay Tymoo Sta ff * * * * * * ' * * MANAGING EDITOR ............................................ Sid Miller ASSISTANT EDITOR .................................Donna Behrend Darkroom/Writer Reporter Typesetter C o n tin u e d fro m page 1 usually ha ve Ho generate twice as much as your salary.” Sm ith said th at if you take two weeks off, you lose two week’s salary. “ W hen y o u ’re n o t w orking, you’re not making anything.” tion, and say, contract with the trib e” to m anage the project for 10 years or so “until we can train someone to take it over.” Sm ith also m entioned gaming, something th at has really caught on on various reservations. “These Qne thing th at will hopefully are the types of things I ’m going alleviate working 365 days a to be taking a look at. But in the year is for Sm tih to become mean time, I probably will con involved in another business. tinue to consult and do th at for “N ot w orking for someone, but a long time, because I think maybe get into business on my there are a lot of things to do o y n .... J. wojuldn’tm m d.pptt.ing A o u t , there. There’s still ri. big project together on a resBrva- need.” > Scott takes clarinet title Funds to be held S p ily a y T ym oo ♦ grams exclude custodial care." Public Health observes the same H ealth care costs are rising policy. “This is by regulation. It and there appears to be no end is not a local ruling.” If an eligible person requires in sight. A five-day stint in tlie hospital care and has insurance hospital in a semi-private ward costs ab o u t $2,700 plus the phy coverage, IH S pays the deduct ible and the insurance pays the sician’s fees and operating costs, if any. If a person has no insu remainder. In the same m anner, rance and is not eligible for wel-, if the person has no insurance fare or M edicare, w hat’s the and is not eligible for any other assistance, IH S will cover the answer? F o r IH S eligible Indians, the ex p en ses.. .there is no limit. IH S also has a deferred servi solution is simple—IHS will pick ces roster. This roster names people up the ta b as long as the services who are identified who are in rendered are either emergent need of procedures such as cat and preauthorized. But, for health care th a t is aract surgery, hip replacem ent and crow n and bridge work. n o t considered priority I, IH S can not pay. f o r instance, if an These procedures are not con- 1 sidered priority I. “IH S has a elderly person needs to be con fined to a nursing hom e for an priority system ,” said Loomis. “We deal with the m ost medi indefinite period o f time, IH S is cally critical things first.” not'C onsidered the source of Loomis explained th a t the funding. All o th e r a lte rn a te overall operating budgeting of funding resources, such as the IH S is ab o u t the same as last Vets, M edicare, M edicaid, wel year b u t th a t priority I items, so fare and in som einstances, car far have, been higher. Deferred insurance arid W orkmen’s Comp, services come only after priority by law, m ust be investigated I needs are’ met. Some deferrals and utilized. are delayed an indefinite period “We will not purchase custo of time and some* people volun dial care,” said W arm Springs tarily w ithdraw from the roster S e rv ic e U n it D ir e c to r Lee Loomis. “ However, we will p ur for personal reasons. “We p ro vided every deferrable service chase care related to recovery applied for last year. So far, this and recuperation.’’T hroughout r, i t ’s a d iffe re n t sto ry . th e country, health care pro- y M ea oney’s tighter.” by Donna Behrend some feelings ab o u t the kinds of a c t i v i t i ri S y o u w o'u 1 d like to have co n sid ered in the get jn g h Z y o u m ^ e a, decen t planting; please Kstyourtri Oughts salary if y o u ’re busy. B ut you and drop them by the School We will review all suggestions a t our next com m ittee meeting, M arch 18, 7 p.m . a t the W arm, W arm Springs and the grand Bridgette Scott, 16, was se tral Oregon. Springs Elementary library. Bridgett will com pete in the daughter of Nick and Viola lected as the winner; in the dis trict solo instrum ental contest state finals held in Ashland, Kalama and Elmer Scott. Greg Hastings also of M ad- held in Bend M arch 2. The high, O regon, April 27i She will com schoolsophom ore Won the bass pete against students from var ras High school took second /place in the bass clarinet solo claririet/solo goippetition.* She ious districts in the state.? Bridgette is the daughter of competition. competed against students from several requests from the parents high schools throughout Cen G ordon and Brenda Scott of or guardians of minors. . The funds are being held In a separate account and they will draw interest. If a Child dies At w hat tem perature does ing gold, silver and honorable before the age of 18, the inonies Warm Springs students receiv will go to the heirs (parérits of m old grow best, how does colof m ention medals to. them, but ing silver medals were S aphro- brothers or sisters) as determined influence taste,'w hât difference the medals’wefen’t as im portant nia Coochise and Nicole Yaw. by the adm inistrative law judge. 'does insulation, fnake heating a . as other aspects of the science O ther W arm Springs students hoirie were questions M adras- fair projects. who participated in the fair and J r . High students.,answered as The purpose of the science received ho n o rab le m entions they worked ori tlieir various ; fair, according to M JH science aw ards were M ary H enderson, science projects for the 1985 instructor Jill Rain is to encour Scheldon M innick, K endrick startirig one. W ith the help of Science F air held M arch 5 at age independent thinking. The A rthur, N ikki Courtney, Irwina the public relations office, W. W. •M adras Ju n io r High schriol.* .students come up with their Mitchell, Tyrone Sm ith, Del M arsh, the tribal management Using the scientific process stu own ideas for a project and fig-/ bert Lawson, M att Clements,' and the journalism teachers from dents made observations and pre qut a m ethod to arrive; at an Rachel Macy, Daniel Smith, M adras High School and other ^experimented to arrive at a con answer. The students who p ar Ryàn Eagleheart, Lois Tewee, key personnel, it was agreed clusion making a graphic pres- ticipate, says Rain, have a good J o n a th a n S m ith , D o ro th y th at jt was feasible to have a entation of their work. feeling ab o u t it. They feel a K a la m a , N o rm a S w itz le r , .Qpmmunify members judged great satisfaction after comple Rhonda McKinlely, Demus M ar n e w s p a p e r h e re in W a rm Springs, which would be pub- the work of the students aw ard- tion ,o ff he science project. tinez and Thurm an Squiemphen. lished once a m outh, in tab size. Becoming pressed fo r timej we came up with the name “Spi lyay Tym oo.” It was an arbi trary orie by the staff. One rea son was th at years and years ago, legends were that Spilyay (Coyote) had a lot to do with the creation of the lifestyle for the Indian people. Spilyay was an educatori an inform er to the people, he taught them how, to su rv iv e/h e tau g h t.th em right from wrong; He warned, them of harm ful things, always keep ing them up on the latest hap penings. 3 ;?", A nd so, W ith the S p ily ay (Coyote), the m ountains and, the desert scenery are symbolic o f/th e reservation landscape? thus the title “Spilyay T ym oo,” (Coyote News). This Was the Tribal C ouncil’s . attem pt to keep the,tribal mem? bers inform ed of reservation activities as well as state and national news that is pertinent to the tribe. ; As time passed, there have been a lot of dissappointm ents an d some slpw times, but on the brighter side of things there have been a lot of accom plish ments since its origination. And Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk hopefully in the future, better and brighter things will happen. Learning about disinfectants D elton Switzler examines experiment log k ept by science student. Happy birthday Spilyay Tymoo Tym oo m ade its debut with its first issue. Earlier that year, the Tribal Council decided i f was ab o u t-tim e wé had our own, N ot th a t consulting work is going to be any easier. Sm ith stated th at the “consulting field is a to ugh busiriess. You d o n ’t Marsha Shewczyk * Pat L&ip-Baker PriscillaSqüiëmphen FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976 Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. Located in the Old Administration Building. Any written material to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo P.O. Box 735 Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 Phone 553-1644 6r 553-1161, Ext: 274, 285 and The Darkroom ext. 286 Subscription Rate: $6.00 per year J IHS there to help with health costs Smith returns with new career- old very fast. I think th at four yearsSat th at type of a jo b and going a t th a t pace, it’s better to get out when you can. ” i An average day for Sm ith was 11 hours long. “I felt th at there was just so m uch to do. I h a d lo put in the extra w ork.” • S pilyay T ymoo Projects encourage thinking
